Improvement in cultivators



anna W JOHN B. TI

PTON, OF Pnonr atmtifltttit. 1,

A, ILL'INOIS;

' Lam Patent No. 87,080, dam February 16,1889.

IMPROVEMENT IN CU'LTIVA'I'ORS.

The Bchedule referred to in these Letters Patent an. making part of the sama.

county of Peoria, and State of Illinois,I have invented a 'new and valuable Improvement in Cultivators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fnll,'clear, and exact description of 'the construction and operation of the same, reference beinghad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference' marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan view of my cultivator;

Figure 2 is a sectional view thereof; and

Figure 3 is a detail.

My invention relates to cultivators, and

lit consists in providing novel and efficient means for raising the plows, or moving theni to the right or left, and of suspending them from 'the ground for purposes of transportation.

The letters'A of the drawings represent the snlky-` carriage wheelsof niy cultivator; and

Letter 'B is the axle, constructed in the form shown on fig. 2, and resembling two cranks, to the handles of which the Wheels are attached, and the main shaft extending upward to a point near the upper rims of the wheels. That part of the axle which corresponds to the main shaft or crank, constitutes the bar of the axle between the Wheels, and serves as a rest for the low-beams, as hereinafter mentioned.

The letters O are Springs, extending from the lower side of the axle to the front end of the ploW-beams, to which they are connected by screws, in the manner shown on fig. 3.

The front ends of these springs are slotted, and the screws above named are adj usted to the bearns through such slots. These slots and screws serve as aids in adjnsting the position of the plows, as hereinafter mentioned.

The letters D are the plow-beams, and the letters E are the plows, attaehed thereto in the manner represented.

The plow-beams are attaehed to the top of the axle by means of ball and; socket-joints, as shown on fig. 3, marked F. e The letter G represents the tongue, or neap, 'of the carriage, and the letter H is a rest, or support, attached to the rear end thereof, as shown. This rest serves to hold the plows above the ground when moving the cultivator from place to place.

Whenever the operator raises the rearends of the plow-beams, the ball-andsocket joints on the axl'e, and the slotted springs G, are so actuated as to furni'shy but little resistance, and thereby enable the manufacturer to dispense with the complicated and expensivemachinery ordinarily used for that purpose. These springs and joints also allow the plows to be moved sidewise, at the will of the operator.

'What 1 claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. 'In combination withV a cultivator, the slotted springs O, and ball-and-socket jolnts F, constructed and Operating substantially` as deseribed.

- 2. A cultivator, having ball-and-socket joi'ntsJ F, Springs O, elevated axle, as described, and rest H, constructed, arranged, and Operating snbstantially as herein specified i In testimony that I claim the above," have herennto subscribed my name, in the presence of two ,Wit

nesses.

JOHN B. TLPTON.

Witnesses z L. H. KING, J onn A. GnAY. 

